Murray Wood: Western separation talk borders on the absurd
Western separation isn't new, as Murray Wood reminds us. From fringe parties in the 1980s to bizarre border ideas today,...
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Private member's bill would protect mountains from coal mines: Alberta NDP Opposition
EDMONTON - The Alberta Opposition is proposing legislation that it says would protect the province's Rocky Mountains from new open-pit coal mines. "What it's about is giving voice to the hundreds of t...
Apr 07, 2021
4th request to federal government to join coal mine environmental review in Alberta
A fourth request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the environmental review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Landowners, Indigenous people and environmen...
Apr 06, 2021
Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description o...
Mar 29, 2021
Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey
EDMONTON - Alberta is asking a five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the group is to report to her ...
Mar 29, 2021
B.C. mining laws raise questions as province looks to implement UN declaration
VANCOUVER - The relationships between Indigenous nations and British Columbia's mining sector are set to change as the province works to match its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Right...
Mar 28, 2021
Mining company Teck Coal fined $60M for contaminating B.C. rivers
FERNIE, B.C. - A Canadian coal-mining company faces the largest fine imposed under the Fisheries Act after pleading guilty to contaminating waterways in southeastern British Columbia. Teck Coal, a sub...
Mar 26, 2021
COVID-19 weakened environmental rules across Canada, mostly in Alberta: study
CALGARY - Alberta relaxed more environmental rules in response to the COVID-19 pandemic than any other government in Canada, says a study from the University of Calgary. "I didn't find any other juris...
Mar 24, 2021
Coal exploration approvals already exceed legal road thresholds, data suggests
EDMONTON - Road-building approvals for coal exploration already exceed legal limits in some parts of Alberta's Rocky Mountains and foothills, suggest documents from the province's energy regulator. "I...
Mar 24, 2021
Petition asks Ottawa to review overall effect of expanded coal-mining in Alberta
EDMONTON - The federal government needs to step in and consider the potential overall effects of Alberta's intent to expand its coal-mining industry, says a petition tabled Monday in the House of Comm...
Mar 22, 2021
First Nations say Alberta review of coal project inadequate, seek federal involvement
EDMONTON - Two of southern Alberta's largest First Nations have asked the federal government to step into an environmental review of a coal mine proposed for the Rocky Mountains. In a letter to federa...
Mar 09, 2021
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 18
Evan checks in with Premier Scott Moe. Then it's open phones, Bugs 'n Hugs, Eatin' Time, and Green & White Progs. We...